Homesaway Introduces Green Travel Program
Villa vacation pioneer joins forces with TerraPass
JUNE 4, 2009 - HomesAway is responding to the environmental challenge facing all of us by offering a program to offset HomesAway villa vacation emissions.
"Most of us are already taking steps to lower fuel use and emissions," said HomesAway President Evan Wood. "By choosing to purchase a TerraPass for your trip, you can take yet another step in safeguarding the environment."
TerraPass for HomesAway guests is structured specifically to offset the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by your trip. From both a personal and environmental perspective, TerraPass and HomesAway is the best choice.
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East Coast Offset - 2.1 mT
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West Coast Offset - 3.1 mT
Offset calculations include average for airline travel and a seven day villa stay. Calculations are based on WRI.org for emissions at 2204.6 lbs per mT/$13.12 per mT.
For more information on TerraPass and the greenhouse gas reduction projects they support, please go to www.TerraPass.com.
Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, HomesAway arranges highly personalized vacations in exceptional private residences in Europe (and soon in other culturally rich corners of the world). Our extraordinary properties range from grand ch^ateaux to classic villas and country farmhouses accommodating as few as two guests and as many as twenty-six. Award-winning Travel Advisors provide customized pre-trip planning, and HomesAway signature Local Hosts offer a personal entr'ee to the very best of every region.
HomesAway has been touted as an industry leader in luxury villa travel by Travel + Leisure, Forbes, Architectural Digest, Virtuoso Life, Traditional Home, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times among others. HomesAway Travel Advisors were praised as top villa agents in Cond'e Nast Traveler for the last four years.
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